Posts Tagged ‘counterterrorism’

One of Overt Action’s contributing writers, Alex Finley, just published a new novel, Victor in the Rubble: A Satire of the CIA and the War on Terror. It’s about chasing bad guys while working within CIA’s...

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) report on the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) was cause for much acrimony and little informed debate about intelligence methods. But as we argued in Overt...

According to details that have emerged in recent days, one of the perpetrators of last Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Paris had trained in Yemen with al-Qaeda’s affiliated there and has been known for years to...

Here is what caught out eye this week in intelligence: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its report (available here) of the CIA’s Interrogation Program last week. The response from Senate Republicans, many...

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) just released the executive summary of its massive report on the CIA’s interrogation efforts following 9/11. We will pointedly leave it to others to comment on the specifics of...

Here is what caught our eye in the world of intelligence last week: The Senate Intelligence Committee will be getting a new chair following Republican victories in the midterm elections. Set to take over is Richard Burr (R-NC),...

Here are the key developments that caught our eye over the last week: Rebecca Richards, the NSA’s recently appointed Civil Liberties and Privacy Director, took to the web to answer a litany of questions about the agency and...

Last week, I published an analysis of what might happen if the USA PATRIOT Act’s Sec. 215 is allowed to expire in June 2015—which will occur if Congress doesn’t get its act together and pass some semblance of surveillance...

The Week in Intelligence is a new Overt Action feature highlighting key recent developments in the world of intelligence. We’ll provide a quick gist and analysis. If you have any stories that are worth flagging for our readers,...

The most significant piece of intelligence reform legislation drafted this year just met its demise last night. The USA FREEDOM Act, which sought to reform aspects of the U.S. government’s surveillance capabilities,...